SARAH BULLION

sarah.m.bullion@gmail.com (989) 307-9476

15 Dwight Ave SE #2, Grand Rapids, MI 49506

CAREER OBJECTIVE
As an advocate for art education, I am passionate about ensuring that students connect and
communicate through their art, giving them a visual language when unable to do so in other
areas and allowing them to expand conceptual and divergent thinking skills.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Art in Education, April 2012
GPA: 3.22
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Major: Art Education
Michigan Provisional Teaching Certificate: Valid through 6/30/2019
Visual Arts Education (LQ) K-12

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Off Center Gallery, The Green Well, Grand Rapids, MI
Curator/Manager, August 2013-Present,
http://www.thegreenwell.com/about/off-center-gallery
Organize seasonal art rotations, showing work from local West Michigan artists.
Create gallery binder, outlining expectations and procedures.
Coordinate annual art event,
Art in the Garden.
Private Art Tutor, Kalamazoo, MI
November 2012-July 2013
Taught one hour in home art sessions to a nine year old student once a week.
Designed lessons to expand skills, while still involving personal interests.
Kalamazoo Creative Art Camp, Kalamazoo, MI
Team Teacher, June 2013,
http://kzoocreativeartcamp.weebly.com
Collaborated with teachers to design and teach lessons in a two week summer art camp.
Managed multiple classroom sessions of varying age groups and sizes.
Professional Educational Services Group, LLC, Caledonia, MI
Substitute Teacher, April 2012-May 2013
Substitute taught for a variety of age groups, subjects and class sizes.

Edison Elementary Art Club, Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, MI

Team Teacher, February 2012-April 2012
Designed lesson plans and overarching curriculum with for 20 first-fifth grade students.
Developed lessons that integrated art history from various eras and locations around the
world, teaching multiculturalism while enhancing skills in fine art.
Distributed $600 budget for materials over seven sessions.
Assembled and displayed work in a professional manner at a community art show.
Gull Lake Middle School, Gull Lake Community Schools, Richland, MI
Intern Teacher, January 2012 - April 2012
Designed and adapted lessons to meet student interest and success rate for five classes of
6-8 grade students, ranging from 13-26 students per class.
Created and taught lessons to develop a variety of skills in fine arts while meeting national
standards for education and curriculum.
Evaluated student work based on individual communication, student self-assessment and
formative/summative assessment methods.
Led discussion at Professional Learning Community meeting about art education theory.
Saturday Morning Art (SMArt), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Team Teacher, September 2011 - December 2011
Collaborated to design an expansive curriculum with two teachers, relating an overarching
theme to the interests of twenty-five 9-11 year old students.
Taught and managed classroom for two hour sessions once a week over a seven week
span. Facilitated visual thinking strategy discussions in a professional art gallery with the
students.
Presented student work in a professional exhibition.

RELATED EXPERIENCE
The Green Well Gastropub, Grand Rapids, MI
Manager, August 2013 - Present
Cosmos Cucina and ODuffys Pub, Kalamazoo, MI
Manager, June 2010 - July 2013

VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS
Curator, Art.Downtown.2015, February 2015-April 2015,
Avenue for the Arts
Curator, Art.Downtown.2014, February 2014-April 2014,
Avenue for the Arts
Local First Representative, September 2013
Volunteer Reader, February 2012 - March 2013,
Kalamazoo Commission for the Blind
WMU Representative, Gallery guard, October 2011,
MAEA State Conference
Japanese Bookbinding Instructor, September 2011,
Annual WMU Medici dinner